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Noun (4 meanings)
1. (politics) a state of disfavor.
Example:
- “he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness”
wilderness is a type of:
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- politics, political relation (noun) - social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power
2. a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War.
wilderness is an instance of:
- forest, woodland, timberland, timber (noun) - land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Domain of synset - REGION:
- Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA (noun) - a state in the eastern United States
3. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition.
Example:
- “it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers”
wilderness is a type of:
- geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region (noun) - a demarcated area of the Earth
types of wilderness:
- barren, waste, wasteland (noun) - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- bush (noun) - a large wilderness area
- frontier (noun) - a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
wilderness is derivationally related to:
- godforsaken, waste, wild (adjective) - located in a dismal or remote area
- wild, untamed (adjective) - in a natural state
4. a bewildering profusion.
Examples:
- “the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups”,
- “a wilderness of masts in the harbor”
wilderness is a type of:
- profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia (noun) - the property of being extremely abundant